Originally Posted by
fosters
No, the FAA did not say this. Read what is printed carefully. AOPA made the connection. AOPA legal has also told me it was OK if I rented a plane, transported someone's clients around in said airplane, and was reimbursed fully + hourly wage - which is totally false.
I would like to see where the FAA has said "flight instruction is not a commercial operation", not AOPA. **Edit - I would like to see where the FAA has said flight instruction time will not count against 121 rest/hours.**
The reason a second class medical isn't required is because the regs say an instructor can instruct without a medical (or a 3rd class, depending on the situation).
I'm going to ask you to read carefully as well. The phrase "the FAA has determined" would imply a letter of interpretation.
This calls on YOU to do some research as well. I understand I asked a question, but that doesn't mean that I have to answer myself while you just say "I don't agree." I challenge you to look into it yourself as well. You also haven't presented anything showing that being a CFI is a commercial operation.
There is no reason that 121 has to be specifically adressed, since 121 says "commercial operations" then all that needs to be shown is that flight instruction is not a commercial operation. If flight instruction time were to still count against 121 rest/hours without being a commercial operation then so would any part 91 flying, including personal pleasure flights.
To this point you are treating an opinion as a regulation... you have yet to quote any regulation defining flight instruction as a commercial operation, or even defining a commercial operation that I've seen.